Finally. Here it is you guys. School's been keeping me away from the computer… along with the fact that the Internet doesn't interest me as much nowadays. Oh well, better late then never I guess. Hope you enjoy my new story!!1
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Sasuke's "Family"
Chapter 1: Intro
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5 A.M.
The room was pitch black; a single figure was lying in bed covered in warm and comfortable sheets that helped him fall asleep hours ago. It was one of the rare times where his guard was down and a possible attack might occur. The door to his room was unlocked; a fatal mistake that would wake him from his slumber.
The door quietly opened by means of an unseen assailant, softly creaking as it slowed to a stop, agape. The mysterious person slid across the floor quietly as if they were floating, hovering around the edge of the bed before their mouth opened in an unsure gape. One of their hands moved towards the sleeping figure, hovering over their shoulder.
"S-Sasuke?" The person finally spoke. Immediately the Uchiha woke; Sharingan blazing, covers flying, and every nerve in his body switched to the fight instinct that had saved him from countless rape attempts by his deceased mentor, Orochimaru. He looked around the empty, desolate room and for a moment was confused; where had the voice come from?
"Sasuke!" A muffled voice came from the pile of bed sheets that he had ripped off from his bed in fight mode. The person from under them moved and two small hands pulled the sheets off of themselves and stared at Sasuke with frightened grey eyes.
"What do you want, Juugo?" The Uchiha sleepily blinked with the adrenaline already thinning in his veins and having no true threat on his life, his red eyes faded to black. Juugo's grip on the sheets he had pulled off himself tightened as he leaned in towards Sasuke.
"There's a monster in my room!" Juugo whispered nervously.
Silence.
"What the fuck Juugo… there's no monster in your room." Sasuke growled, his body and mind wanting to go back to sleep.
"Y-You wouldn't know that!" Juugo defended, raising his voice to annoy Sasuke further; he scowled in response to Juugo.
"Juugo, get the hell out of my room before I have to throw you out. Never wake me up like this again unless the hotel is burning down or we're being attacked." With that said, he turned on his side to face the wall, not needing the covers to sleep. Sleep began enveloping the slightly awake parts of his mind and let him drift away in a dreamless, black sleep that had comforted him whenever he had troubled or under stress of an annoying day. In a matters of three breaths he would be out cold once more…
"Can I sleep in your room Sasuke?" Juugo's whining voice retracted the curtain of sleep that had started to cover Sasuke; he knew he wouldn't get anymore sleep that night. Sasuke sat up and glared at Juugo angrily though the darkness made it impossible for Juugo to see it. Normally, Sasuke would have to look up to glare at Juugo, but after saving Sasuke's life with transferring some of his own flesh Juugo had unrepentantly shrank to the size of an eight year old. It also became apparent within a few hours of managing to retreat away from where they fought the Yamato no Orochi that Juugo also lost the brain cells housing maturity, decision making, respect, patience, and knowing when he was to shut the fuck up.
"Get. Out." Sasuke growled.
"But-! It's scary in my room! There's this weird gurgling noise that won't go away!" Juugo protested, grabbing Sasuke's left arm and tugging to try and pull Sasuke to his room to prove his point. Sasuke remained sitting on the bed, more pissed off than before.
"It's probably Suigetsu." He pointed out.
"No it's not!" Juugo whined, tugging harder. "Suigetsu is still in the fishbowl!"
Sasuke let out an agitated sigh, realizing he was right. With Suigetsu still unconscious, they had no choice but to place him in a small guest bathtub where he would hopefully be able to recover. For the past two days, Suigetsu was still out cold and nothing was giving away when he'd wake up. The best they could do was pour water on him and hope he'd pull himself together.
"Please Sasuke, just come into my room and check for me!" Juugo jumped up and down, tugging on his arm once more. Grudgingly, Sasuke's leg muscles prepared to sit up out of bed. There would be no other way to alleviate Juugo's fears except to show him that there was nothing to fear…
Bright white light dazzled dilated pupils, making Sasuke audibly hiss like some kind of vampire; the muscles in Sasuke's body tensed to be on the offense and for anything that might endanger his safety.
"What are you two talking about?" A sleepy female voice spoke, heavy footsteps shuffled across the wooden floors.
Well, now the whore was up.
Blinking enough times allowed Sasuke to be able to finally see well enough though the dots still danced in front of his eyes and saw Juugo was more along the lines of in shock than just being dazed from the lights. Karin stopped to stare at the two of them, well, more like ogle over Sasuke's body and how he was only wearing black boxers with Uchiha symbols on it.
"There's a monster in my room!" Juugo whispered nervously to Karin, appearing to have overcome the shock of the lights being turned on. Sasuke pulled his hand away from Juugo and crossed his arms over his chest, rolling his eyes. Karin gave Juugo a hug before holding his hand.
"It's okay Juugo, I can go with you in your room to see what the monster is if your father won't."
-Cue record arm sliding off disk-
"He's. Not. Our. Child." Sasuke hissed out each word, glaring at Karin with malicious intent. He couldn't believe that Karin was still acting like she was the mother of Juugo since that had been their disguise to get into the hotel they were in. Actually, the receptionist looked at them weird since it was hard to believe a red haired, red-eyed woman and a black haired, black-eyed man reproduced to have a child with orange hair and grey eyes.
Karin and Juugo walked out of his room, remembering to turn off the lights. Sitting in the dark, his anger and annoyance boiled inside his mind until he finally decided that he should see just what exactly the "monster" was. He stood up, momentarily stretched, and quietly made his way out of his room. In the hall, he saw that Juugo's room was pitch black with two voices faintly drifting out for him to catch bits and pieces of their conversation. "…See?"
"Should I get him?"
"Don't leave!"
"It's okay, I'll be right back."
Karin's bright red hair gave away her location in the darkness of Juugo's room, her glasses glinting with the hallway light shining on them.
"Sasuke, get in here! Juugo's right!"
Holding his mouth shut to suppress a curt remark, the Uchiha walked silently up to the doorframe of the room. Straining his ears, he didn't hear anything at all and began to question the sanity of the team he had picked himself. Taking a step inside, he froze; his body went rigid and his skin crawled more so then when he was in front of the door where his parents had told him not to enter the night his entire clan was killed.
The entire room felt like it was vibrating.
A sharp, clear bang echoed through the room from the wall opposite of the door. A low growl also came from the same wall in a slow, even rhythm. There was even a low groan that emitted from the wall.
"See! I told you I wasn't lying!" Juugo whispered triumphantly, but the glare from Sasuke silenced him even though he couldn't see it. Sasuke frowned to himself; what should he do? He thought that it might be someone, something that might be after him and his team. He was worried if he used his Sharingan, then it might be able to sense his chakra and they would be discovered. Then again, Karin should have warned them on how strong the opponent was and assess if they should get out or not…
"How long has this been going on?" He whispered to Juugo.
"Almost as soon as I went to bed." Juugo nervously whispered; he could hear him shift his weight.
Juugo went to bed an hour before I did… so that would mean that thing has been making noises since nine P.M. If I'm right about the time now, it's been going on for about six hours. Just what the hell is that thing?
"Oh my god… what was that?" Karin whispered her question so softly that Sasuke almost was unable to hear it. The sounds from the wall were louder now, almost sounding like someone was shouting to the noise. Maybe something shifted against the wall before the strangest thing happened.
The noises went silent.
They heard the noises pick up again, but died down once more. Sasuke swore he heard Naruto's name.
Ugh… I'm imagining things.
He had to remind himself that his friends from Konoha were no longer part of his life. He had severed the ties for good. There was no going back to Konoha or the way things once were for him. That was the path he had chosen to take for the rest of his life.
"The danger's past…" He mumbled after waiting for only a minutes, running his fingers through his hair. Maybe he could get some more sleep before the sun was up and he'd go down to get something to eat at the bar downstairs.
"Can I still sleep in your room Sasuke?" Juugo asked, no longer whispering.
"No."
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END FIRST CHAPTER
I don't really like this chapter, so I may rewrite it later. For now, I have to work on the second chapter of this and "The Assignment." Thanks so much for being patient!
R & R